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Euro-barometer 42.0: The First Year of the New European Union, November-December 1994 (ICPSR 6518)

Principal Investigator(s):Reif, Karlheinz; Marlier, Eric

Summary:

This round of Euro-Barometer surveys queried respondents on
standard Euro-Barometer measures such as public awareness of and
attitudes toward the Common Market and the European Union (EU), and
also focused on the image of politics in Italy, nutrition and the risk
of getting cancer, and awareness of the European Community Humanitarian
Office (ECHO). EU matters covered included the powers, importance, and
representativeness of the European Parliament, the protection of
personal interests by the European Parliament, and the relative
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This round of Euro-Barometer surveys queried respondents on
standard Euro-Barometer measures such as public awareness of and
attitudes toward the Common Market and the European Union (EU), and
also focused on the image of politics in Italy, nutrition and the risk
of getting cancer, and awareness of the European Community Humanitarian
Office (ECHO). EU matters covered included the powers, importance, and
representativeness of the European Parliament, the protection of
personal interests by the European Parliament, and the relative
importance of European political policy areas in future elections.
Respondents were also questioned on their awareness of outcomes in
recent referenda for joining the EU. Questions on the image of politics
in Italy included the respondent's awareness of politics in Italy and
ratings of the political and economic situations in Italy. Regarding
cancer risks, respondents rated 13 food items as increasing,
decreasing, or causing no change in their risk of getting cancer.
Respondents were also asked about their awareness of the ECHO logo,
knowledge of ECHO's humanitarian assistance to the EU as a whole, to
Rwanda, and to Yugoslavia, whether ECHO should increase its
humanitarian assistance to non-EU countries, whether the EU, the United
States, or Japan gives the most money for humanitarian assistance to
non-EU countries, the most effective way for EU countries to give
humanitarian assistance, and the level of involvement by the EU in
distributing money for humanitarian aid. In France only, respondents
were queried on their awareness and consumption of cola drinks.
Demographic and other background information was gathered on the number
of people residing in the home, region of residence, and occupation of
the head of household, as well as the respondent's age, sex, marital
status, education, occupation, religion, religiosity, subjective social
class, and left-right political self-placement.

Universe:
Persons aged 15 and over residing in the 12 member nations
of the European Union: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the
United Kingdom, as well as in Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Austria.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Data processing for this collection was performed at
the Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung in Koeln, Germany.

Methodology

Sample:
Multistage national probability samples.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1996-01-22

Version History:

1997-11-18 Data for all previously-embargoed variables are now
available. SAS data definition statements and a machine-readable
codebook with frequencies also have been added to the collection.